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Porfiri E, Evans T, Chardin P, Hancock J. Prenylation of Ras proteins is required for efficient hSOS1-promoted guanine nucleotide exchange. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31698-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Welham M, Duronio V, Leslie K, Bowtell D, Schrader J. Multiple hemopoietins, with the exception of interleukin-4, induce modification of Shc and mSos1, but not their translocation. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)31944-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Direct stimulation of Vav guanine nucleotide exchange activity for Ras by phorbol esters and diglycerides. Mol Cell Biol 1994. [PMID: 7516472 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.7.4749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We recently identified Vav as a Ras-activating guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) stimulated by a T-cell antigen receptor-coupled protein tyrosine kinase (PTK). Here, we describe a novel, protein kinase-independent alternative pathway of Vav activation. Phorbol ester, 1,2-diacylglycerol, or ceramide treatment of intact T cells, Vav immunoprecipitates, or partially purified Vav generated by in vitro translation or COS-1 cell transfection stimulated the Ras exchange activity of Vav in the absence of detectable tyrosine phosphorylation. GEF activity of gel-purified Vav was similarly stimulated by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). Stimulation was resistant to PTK and protein kinase C inhibitors but was blocked by calphostin, a PMA and diacylglycerol antagonist. In vitro-translated Vav lacking its cysteine-rich domain, or mutated at a single cysteine residue within this domain (C528A), was not stimulated by PMA but was fully activated by p56lck. This correlated with increased binding of radiolabeled phorbol ester to COS-1 cells expressing wild-type, but not C528A-mutated, Vav. Thus, Vav itself is a PMA-binding and -activated Ras GEF. Recombinant interleukin-1 alpha stimulated Vav via this pathway, suggesting that diglyceride-mediated Vav activation may couple PTK-independent receptors which stimulate production of lipid second messengers to Ras in hematopoietic cells.
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The mitogenic action of cytokines such as epidermal growth factor (EGF) or platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) involves the stimulation of a signal cascade controlled by a small G protein called Ras. Mutations of Ras can cause its constitutive activation and, as a consequence, bypass the regulation of cell growth by cytokines. Both growth factor-induced and oncogenic activation of Ras involve the conversion of Ras from the GDP-bound (D-Ras) to the GTP-bound (T-Ras) forms. T-Ras activates a network of protein kinases including c-Mos, c-Raf-1 and MAP kinase. Eventually the activation of MAP kinase leads to the activation of the elongation factor 4E and several transcription factors such as c-Jun, c-Myc and c-Fos. There are several modulators of Ras activity, such as the GTPase activating proteins (GAP1 and NF1), which stimulate the conversion of T-Ras to D-Ras. A series of small NF1 fragments, which bind T-Ras, as well as truncated forms of derivatives of c-Raf-1, c-Jun and c-Myc, are capable of blocking the T-Ras-activated mitogenesis in a competitive manner. These agents offer a unique opportunity to control the proliferation of T-Ras-associated tumors, which represent more than 30% of total human carcinomas.
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- H Maruta
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne, Australia
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Gulbins E, Coggeshall KM, Baier G, Telford D, Langlet C, Baier-Bitterlich G, Bonnefoy-Berard N, Burn P, Wittinghofer A, Altman A. Direct stimulation of Vav guanine nucleotide exchange activity for Ras by phorbol esters and diglycerides. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:4749-58. [PMID: 7516472 PMCID: PMC358848 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.7.4749-4758.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We recently identified Vav as a Ras-activating guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) stimulated by a T-cell antigen receptor-coupled protein tyrosine kinase (PTK). Here, we describe a novel, protein kinase-independent alternative pathway of Vav activation. Phorbol ester, 1,2-diacylglycerol, or ceramide treatment of intact T cells, Vav immunoprecipitates, or partially purified Vav generated by in vitro translation or COS-1 cell transfection stimulated the Ras exchange activity of Vav in the absence of detectable tyrosine phosphorylation. GEF activity of gel-purified Vav was similarly stimulated by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). Stimulation was resistant to PTK and protein kinase C inhibitors but was blocked by calphostin, a PMA and diacylglycerol antagonist. In vitro-translated Vav lacking its cysteine-rich domain, or mutated at a single cysteine residue within this domain (C528A), was not stimulated by PMA but was fully activated by p56lck. This correlated with increased binding of radiolabeled phorbol ester to COS-1 cells expressing wild-type, but not C528A-mutated, Vav. Thus, Vav itself is a PMA-binding and -activated Ras GEF. Recombinant interleukin-1 alpha stimulated Vav via this pathway, suggesting that diglyceride-mediated Vav activation may couple PTK-independent receptors which stimulate production of lipid second messengers to Ras in hematopoietic cells.
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- E Gulbins
- Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, California 92037
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Keng T, Clark MW, Storms RK, Fortin N, Zhong W, Ouellette BF, Barton AB, Kaback DB, Bussey H. LTE1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a 1435 codon open reading frame that has sequence similarities to guanine nucleotide releasing factors. Yeast 1994; 10:953-8. [PMID: 7985422 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320100710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The DNA sequence of the LTE1 gene on the left arm of chromosome I of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been determined. The LTE1 open reading frame comprises 4305 bp that can be translated into 1435 amino acid residues. The position of this open reading frame corresponds well to that of a 4.7 kb transcript that has been mapped to this position. The derived amino acid sequence has significant similarities to the amino acid sequence of the guanine nucleotide releasing factor isolated from a rat brain library. The carboxy-terminus of the LTE1 protein also shows similarities to other guanine nucleotide exchange factors of the S. cerevisiae CDC25 family.
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- T Keng
- Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, ras1 regulates both sexual development (conjugation and sporulation) and cellular morphology. Two types of dominant interfering mutants were isolated in a genetic screen for ras1 mutants that blocked sexual development. The first type of mutation, at Ser-22, analogous to the H-rasAsn-17 mutant (L. A. Feig and G. M. Cooper, Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:3235-3243, 1988), blocked only conjugation, whereas a second type of mutation, at Asp-62, interfered with conjugation, sporulation, and cellular morphology. Analogous mutations at position 64 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAS2 or position 57 of human H-ras also resulted in dominant interfering mutants that interfered specifically and more profoundly than mutants of the first type with RAS-associated pathways in both S. pombe or S. cerevisiae. Genetic evidence indicating that both types of interfering mutants function upstream of RAS is provided. Biochemical evidence showing that the mutants are altered in their interaction with the CDC25 class of exchange factors is presented. We show that both H-rasAsn-17 and H-rasTyr-57, compared with wild-type H-ras, are defective in their guanine nucleotide-dependent release from human cdc25 and that this defect is more severe for the H-rasTyr-57 mutant. Such a defect would allow the interfering mutants to remain bound to, thereby sequestering RAS exchange factors. The more severe interference phenotype of this novel interfering mutant suggests that it functions by titrating out other positive regulators of RAS besides those encoded by ste6 and CDC25.
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Jung V, Wei W, Ballester R, Camonis J, Mi S, Van Aelst L, Wigler M, Broek D. Two types of RAS mutants that dominantly interfere with activators of RAS. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:3707-18. [PMID: 8196614 PMCID: PMC358738 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.6.3707-3718.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, ras1 regulates both sexual development (conjugation and sporulation) and cellular morphology. Two types of dominant interfering mutants were isolated in a genetic screen for ras1 mutants that blocked sexual development. The first type of mutation, at Ser-22, analogous to the H-rasAsn-17 mutant (L. A. Feig and G. M. Cooper, Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:3235-3243, 1988), blocked only conjugation, whereas a second type of mutation, at Asp-62, interfered with conjugation, sporulation, and cellular morphology. Analogous mutations at position 64 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAS2 or position 57 of human H-ras also resulted in dominant interfering mutants that interfered specifically and more profoundly than mutants of the first type with RAS-associated pathways in both S. pombe or S. cerevisiae. Genetic evidence indicating that both types of interfering mutants function upstream of RAS is provided. Biochemical evidence showing that the mutants are altered in their interaction with the CDC25 class of exchange factors is presented. We show that both H-rasAsn-17 and H-rasTyr-57, compared with wild-type H-ras, are defective in their guanine nucleotide-dependent release from human cdc25 and that this defect is more severe for the H-rasTyr-57 mutant. Such a defect would allow the interfering mutants to remain bound to, thereby sequestering RAS exchange factors. The more severe interference phenotype of this novel interfering mutant suggests that it functions by titrating out other positive regulators of RAS besides those encoded by ste6 and CDC25.
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- V Jung
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York 11724
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Habets GG, Scholtes EH, Zuydgeest D, van der Kammen RA, Stam JC, Berns A, Collard JG. Identification of an invasion-inducing gene, Tiam-1, that encodes a protein with homology to GDP-GTP exchangers for Rho-like proteins. Cell 1994; 77:537-49. [PMID: 7999144 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90216-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 407] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Using proviral tagging in combination with in vitro selection for invasiveness, we have identified a gene, designated Tiam-1, that affects invasion. In the selected invasive T lymphoma variants, proviral insertions were found within coding exons of the Tiam-1 gene, resulting in both truncated 5'-end and 3'-end transcripts that give rise to N- and C-terminal Tiam-1 protein fragments. In one invasive variant, amplification of the Tiam-1 locus was observed with concomitant increase in the amount of normal Tiam-1 protein. Cell clones that were invasive in vitro produced experimental metastases in nude mice, and transfection of truncated Tiam-1 cDNAs into noninvasive cells made these cells invasive. The predicted Tiam-1 protein harbors a Dbl- and Pleckstrin-homologous domain, which it shares with GDP-GTP exchangers for Rho-like proteins that have been implicated in cytoskeletal organization.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Complementary/analysis
- DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
- Fungal Proteins/genetics
- GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
- Lymphatic Metastasis
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/microbiology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Moloney murine leukemia virus/genetics
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Neoplasm Invasiveness/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proteins/chemistry
- Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Restriction Mapping
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- T-Lymphoma Invasion and Metastasis-inducing Protein 1
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Virus Integration/genetics
- rap GTP-Binding Proteins
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- G G Habets
- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
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Nishimura N, Nakamura H, Takai Y, Sano K. Molecular cloning and characterization of two rab GDI species from rat brain: brain-specific and ubiquitous types. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36773-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Different functions of Smg GDP dissociation stimulator and mammalian counterpart of yeast Cdc25. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36577-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The Drosophila Son of sevenless (Sos) gene functions in the signaling pathway initiated by the Sevenless receptor tyrosine kinase. It encodes the Drosophila homologue of CDC25, an activator of Ras in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Two widely expressed mammalian homologues of Sos (mSos) have now been identified and characterized. They encode for 150-kD proteins that are Ras-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Genetic and biochemical studies indicate that Sos proteins bind directly to the SH2- and SH3-domain-containing adaptor protein GRB2/Drk. This interaction defines a pathway by which receptor tyrosine kinases can communicate with Ras.
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- D Bar-Sagi
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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Basic fibroblast growth factor can induce exclusively neural tissue in Triturus ectoderm explants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994; 203:304-309. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00457801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/1993] [Accepted: 08/26/1993] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Intracellular signalling pathways mediating the effects of oncogenes on cell growth and transformation offer novel targets for the development of anticancer drugs. With this approach, it may be sufficient to target a component of the signalling pathway activated by the oncogene rather than the oncogene product itself. In this review, the abilities of some antiproliferative drugs to inhibit signalling targets are considered. There are some anticancer drugs already in clinical trial that may act by inhibiting signalling targets, as well as drugs in preclinical development. Some problems that may be encountered in developing this new class of anticancer drugs are discussed.
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- G Powis
- Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724
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Touhara K, Inglese J, Pitcher J, Shaw G, Lefkowitz R. Binding of G protein beta gamma-subunits to pleckstrin homology domains. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)34048-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Ziman M, Johnson DI. Genetic evidence for a functional interaction between Saccharomyces cerevisiae CDC24 and CDC42. Yeast 1994; 10:463-74. [PMID: 7941732 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320100405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Cdc24p and Cdc42p are involved in the control of cell polarity during the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle. Cdc42p is a member of the Ras superfamily of GTPases and Cdc24p displays limited amino-acid sequence similarity with the Dbl proto-oncoprotein, which acts to stimulate guanine-nucleotide exchange on human Cdc42p. We have performed several genetic experiments to test whether Cdc24p and Cdc42p interact within the cell. First, overexpression of Cdc24p suppressed the dominant-negative cdc42D118A allele. Second, overexpression of wild-type CDC24 and CDC42 genes together was a lethal event resulting in a morphological phenotype of large, round, unbudded cells, indicating a loss of cell polarity. Third, a cdc24ts cdc42ts double mutant exhibited a synthetic-lethal phenotype at the semi-permissive temperature of 30 degrees C. These data suggest that Cdc24p and Cdc42p interact within the cell and that Cdc24p may be involved in the regulation of Cdc42p activity.
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- M Ziman
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington 05401
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Feig LA. Guanine-nucleotide exchange factors: a family of positive regulators of Ras and related GTPases. Curr Opin Cell Biol 1994; 6:204-11. [PMID: 8024811 DOI: 10.1016/0955-0674(94)90137-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The past year has seen remarkable advances in our understanding of how members of the Ras superfamily of GTPases are activated. Not only have new guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) that activate these GTPases been identified, but in some cases, the mechanisms by which GEFs are connected to events at the cell surface have also been described. We have also come to appreciate the possibilities that GEFs may be multifunctional and that they may contribute to tissue-specific regulation of their cognate GTPase.
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- L A Feig
- Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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Panaretto BA. Aspects of growth factor signal transduction in the cell cytoplasm. J Cell Sci 1994; 107 ( Pt 4):747-52. [PMID: 8056834 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.107.4.747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- B A Panaretto
- CSIRO, Division of Animal Production, Blacktown, NSW, Australia
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Sasaoka T, Draznin B, Leitner J, Langlois W, Olefsky J. Shc is the predominant signaling molecule coupling insulin receptors to activation of guanine nucleotide releasing factor and p21ras-GTP formation. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)34120-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Identification of the functional components of the Ras signaling pathway regulating pituitary cell-specific gene expression. Mol Cell Biol 1994. [PMID: 8114693 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.3.1553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Ras, a small GTP-binding protein, is required for functional receptor tyrosine kinase signaling. Ultimately, Ras alters the activity of specific nuclear transcription factors and regulates novel patterns of gene expression. Using a rat prolactin promoter construct in transient transfection experiments, we show that both oncogenic Ras and activated forms of Raf-1 kinase selectively stimulated the cellular rat prolactin promoter in GH4 rat pituitary cells. We also show that the Ras signal is completely blocked by an expression vector encoding a dominant-negative Raf kinase. Additionally, using a molecular genetic approach, we determined that inhibitory forms of p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase and an Ets-2 transcription factor interfere with both the Ras and the Raf activation of the rat prolactin promoter. These findings define a functional requirement for these signaling constituents in the activation of the prolactin gene, a cell-specific gene which marks the lactotroph pituitary cell type. Further, this analysis allowed us to order the components in the Ras signaling pathway as it impinges on regulation of prolactin gene transcription as Ras-->Raf kinase-->mitogen-activated protein kinase-->Ets. In contrast, we show that intact c-Jun expression inhibited the Ras-induced activation of the prolactin promoter, defining it as a negative regulator of this pathway, whereas c-Jun was able to enhance the Ras activation of an AP-1-driven promoter in GH4 cells. These data show that c-Jun is not the nuclear mediator of the Ras signal for the highly specialized, pituitary cell-specific prolactin cellular promoter. Thus, we have defined a model system which provides an ideal paradigm for studying Ras/Raf signaling pathways and their effects on neuroendocrine cell-specific gene regulation.
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- L Wiesmüller
- Heinrich-Pette-Institut für exp. Virologie und Immunologie, Universität Hamburg, F.R.G
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Considerable progress has been made over the past year in elucidating the mechanisms by which extracellular signals are transduced via cell surface receptors to trigger changes in gene expression which determine the growth and differentiated state of a cell. In particular, Ras proteins have been implicated as key intermediates that mediate the signal from upstream tyrosine kinases to a downstream cascade of serine/threonine kinases, which then activate nuclear factors that control gene expression and protein synthesis. How Ras proteins function is regulated in this role as a molecular switch, and how the signal is transmitted between the various components of the pathway, are now being determined. Finally, the Rho family of Ras-related proteins, which regulate the actin cytoskeleton, have also been implicated as mediators of oncogenic Ras transformation. The brisk pace at which the key components of Ras-mediated signal transduction pathways are being identified hold great promise that new targets for therapeutic intervention in cancer may now be identified.
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- R Khosravi-Far
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7365
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Conrad KE, Oberwetter JM, Vaillancourt R, Johnson GL, Gutierrez-Hartmann A. Identification of the functional components of the Ras signaling pathway regulating pituitary cell-specific gene expression. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:1553-65. [PMID: 8114693 PMCID: PMC358514 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.3.1553-1565.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Ras, a small GTP-binding protein, is required for functional receptor tyrosine kinase signaling. Ultimately, Ras alters the activity of specific nuclear transcription factors and regulates novel patterns of gene expression. Using a rat prolactin promoter construct in transient transfection experiments, we show that both oncogenic Ras and activated forms of Raf-1 kinase selectively stimulated the cellular rat prolactin promoter in GH4 rat pituitary cells. We also show that the Ras signal is completely blocked by an expression vector encoding a dominant-negative Raf kinase. Additionally, using a molecular genetic approach, we determined that inhibitory forms of p42 mitogen-activated protein kinase and an Ets-2 transcription factor interfere with both the Ras and the Raf activation of the rat prolactin promoter. These findings define a functional requirement for these signaling constituents in the activation of the prolactin gene, a cell-specific gene which marks the lactotroph pituitary cell type. Further, this analysis allowed us to order the components in the Ras signaling pathway as it impinges on regulation of prolactin gene transcription as Ras-->Raf kinase-->mitogen-activated protein kinase-->Ets. In contrast, we show that intact c-Jun expression inhibited the Ras-induced activation of the prolactin promoter, defining it as a negative regulator of this pathway, whereas c-Jun was able to enhance the Ras activation of an AP-1-driven promoter in GH4 cells. These data show that c-Jun is not the nuclear mediator of the Ras signal for the highly specialized, pituitary cell-specific prolactin cellular promoter. Thus, we have defined a model system which provides an ideal paradigm for studying Ras/Raf signaling pathways and their effects on neuroendocrine cell-specific gene regulation.
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- K E Conrad
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Services Center, Denver 80262
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Identification of residues of the H-ras protein critical for functional interaction with guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Mol Cell Biol 1994. [PMID: 8289791 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.1104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ras proteins are activated in vivo by guanine nucleotide exchange factors encoded by genes homologous to the CDC25 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We have taken a combined genetic and biochemical approach to probe the sites on Ras proteins important for interaction with such exchange factors and to further probe the mechanism of CDC25-catalyzed GDP-GTP exchange. Random mutagenesis coupled with genetic selection in S. cerevisiae was used to generate second-site mutations within human H-ras-ala15 which could suppress the ability of the Ala-15 substitution to block CDC25 function. We transferred these second-site suppressor mutations to normal H-ras and oncogenic H-rasVal-12 to test whether they induced a general loss of function or whether they selectively affected CDC25 interaction. Four highly selective mutations were discovered, and they affected the surface-located amino acid residues 62, 63, 67, and 69. Two lines of evidence suggested that these residues may be involved in binding to CDC25: (i) using the yeast two-hybrid system, we demonstrated that these mutants cannot bind CDC25 under conditions where the wild-type H-Ras protein can; (ii) we demonstrated that the binding to H-Ras of monoclonal antibody Y13-259, whose epitope has been mapped to residues 63, 65, 66, 67, 70, and 73, is blocked by the mouse sos1 and yeast CDC25 gene products. We also present evidence that the mechanism by which CDC25 catalyzes exchange is more involved than simply catalyzing the release of bound nucleotide and passively allowing nucleotides to rebind. Most critically, a complex of Ras and CDC25 protein, unlike free Fas protein, possesses significantly greater affinity for GTP than for GDP. Furthermore, the Ras CDC25 complex is more readily dissociated into free subunits by GTP than it is by GDP. Both of these results suggest a function for CDC25 in promoting the selective exchange of GTP for GDP.
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Activation of Ras in vitro and in intact fibroblasts by the Vav guanine nucleotide exchange protein. Mol Cell Biol 1994. [PMID: 8289830 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We recently identified Vav, the product of the vav proto-oncogene, as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Ras. Vav is enzymatically activated by lymphocyte antigen receptor-coupled protein tyrosine kinases or independently by diglycerides. To further evaluate the physiological role of Vav, we assessed its GDP-GTP exchange activity against several Ras-related proteins in vitro and determined whether Vav activation in transfected NIH 3T3 fibroblasts correlates with the activity status of Ras and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. In vitro translated purified Vav activated by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) or phosphorylation with recombinant p56lck displayed GEF activity against Ras but not against recombinant RacI, RacII, Ral, or RhoA proteins. Expression of vav or proto-vav in stably transfected NIH 3T3 cells led to a approximately 10-fold increase in basal or PMA-stimulated Ras exchange activity, respectively, in total-cell lysates and Vav immunoprecipitates. Elevated GEF activity was paralleled in each case by a significant increase in the proportion of active, GTP-bound Ras. PMA had a minimal effect on the low Ras. GTP level in untransfected control fibroblasts but increased it from 20 to 37% in proto-vav-transfected cells. vav-transfected cells displayed a constitutively elevated Ras. GTP level (35%), which was not increased further by PMA treatment. MAP kinases, known downstream intermediates in Ras-dependent signaling pathways, similarly exhibited increased basal or PMA-stimulated activity in Vav-expressing cells by comparison with normal NIH 3T3 cells. These results demonstrate a physiologic interaction between Vav and its target, Ras, leading to MAP kinase activation.
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Identification of residues critical for Ras(17N) growth-inhibitory phenotype and for Ras interaction with guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Mol Cell Biol 1994. [PMID: 8289792 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.1113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Ras(17N) dominant negative antagonizes endogenous Ras function by forming stable, inactive complexes with Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs; e.g., SOS1). We have used the growth-inhibitory phenotype of Ras(17N) to characterize two aspects of Ras interaction with GEFs. First, we used a nonprenylated version of Ras(17N), designated Ras(17N/186S), which no longer associates with the plasma membrane and lacks the growth-inhibitory phenotype, to address the importance of Ras subcellular location and posttranslational modification for its interaction with GEFs. We observed that addition of an N-terminal myristylation signal to Ras(17N/186S) restored the growth-inhibitory activity of nonprenylated Ras(17N). Thus, membrane association, rather than prenylation, is critical for Ras interaction with Ras GEFs. Second, we used a biological selection approach to identify Ras residues which are critical for Ras(17N) growth inhibition and hence for interaction with Ras GEFs. We identified mutations at residues 75, 76, and 78 that abolished the growth-inhibitory activity of Ras(17N). Since GEF interaction is dispensable for oncogenic but not normal Ras function, our demonstration that single-amino-acid substitutions at these three positions impaired the transforming activity of normal but not oncogenic Ras provides further support for the role of these residues in Ras-GEF interactions. Finally, Ras(WT) proteins with mutations at these residues were no longer activated by mammalian SOS1. Altogether, these results suggest that the Ras intracellular location and Ras residues 75 to 78 are critical for Ras-GEF interaction.
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Mosteller RD, Han J, Broek D. Identification of residues of the H-ras protein critical for functional interaction with guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:1104-12. [PMID: 8289791 PMCID: PMC358466 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.1104-1112.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Ras proteins are activated in vivo by guanine nucleotide exchange factors encoded by genes homologous to the CDC25 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We have taken a combined genetic and biochemical approach to probe the sites on Ras proteins important for interaction with such exchange factors and to further probe the mechanism of CDC25-catalyzed GDP-GTP exchange. Random mutagenesis coupled with genetic selection in S. cerevisiae was used to generate second-site mutations within human H-ras-ala15 which could suppress the ability of the Ala-15 substitution to block CDC25 function. We transferred these second-site suppressor mutations to normal H-ras and oncogenic H-rasVal-12 to test whether they induced a general loss of function or whether they selectively affected CDC25 interaction. Four highly selective mutations were discovered, and they affected the surface-located amino acid residues 62, 63, 67, and 69. Two lines of evidence suggested that these residues may be involved in binding to CDC25: (i) using the yeast two-hybrid system, we demonstrated that these mutants cannot bind CDC25 under conditions where the wild-type H-Ras protein can; (ii) we demonstrated that the binding to H-Ras of monoclonal antibody Y13-259, whose epitope has been mapped to residues 63, 65, 66, 67, 70, and 73, is blocked by the mouse sos1 and yeast CDC25 gene products. We also present evidence that the mechanism by which CDC25 catalyzes exchange is more involved than simply catalyzing the release of bound nucleotide and passively allowing nucleotides to rebind. Most critically, a complex of Ras and CDC25 protein, unlike free Fas protein, possesses significantly greater affinity for GTP than for GDP. Furthermore, the Ras CDC25 complex is more readily dissociated into free subunits by GTP than it is by GDP. Both of these results suggest a function for CDC25 in promoting the selective exchange of GTP for GDP.
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- R D Mosteller
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Quilliam LA, Kato K, Rabun KM, Hisaka MM, Huff SY, Campbell-Burk S, Der CJ. Identification of residues critical for Ras(17N) growth-inhibitory phenotype and for Ras interaction with guanine nucleotide exchange factors. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:1113-21. [PMID: 8289792 PMCID: PMC358467 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.1113-1121.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The Ras(17N) dominant negative antagonizes endogenous Ras function by forming stable, inactive complexes with Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs; e.g., SOS1). We have used the growth-inhibitory phenotype of Ras(17N) to characterize two aspects of Ras interaction with GEFs. First, we used a nonprenylated version of Ras(17N), designated Ras(17N/186S), which no longer associates with the plasma membrane and lacks the growth-inhibitory phenotype, to address the importance of Ras subcellular location and posttranslational modification for its interaction with GEFs. We observed that addition of an N-terminal myristylation signal to Ras(17N/186S) restored the growth-inhibitory activity of nonprenylated Ras(17N). Thus, membrane association, rather than prenylation, is critical for Ras interaction with Ras GEFs. Second, we used a biological selection approach to identify Ras residues which are critical for Ras(17N) growth inhibition and hence for interaction with Ras GEFs. We identified mutations at residues 75, 76, and 78 that abolished the growth-inhibitory activity of Ras(17N). Since GEF interaction is dispensable for oncogenic but not normal Ras function, our demonstration that single-amino-acid substitutions at these three positions impaired the transforming activity of normal but not oncogenic Ras provides further support for the role of these residues in Ras-GEF interactions. Finally, Ras(WT) proteins with mutations at these residues were no longer activated by mammalian SOS1. Altogether, these results suggest that the Ras intracellular location and Ras residues 75 to 78 are critical for Ras-GEF interaction.
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- L A Quilliam
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine 27599
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Gulbins E, Coggeshall KM, Langlet C, Baier G, Bonnefoy-Berard N, Burn P, Wittinghofer A, Katzav S, Altman A. Activation of Ras in vitro and in intact fibroblasts by the Vav guanine nucleotide exchange protein. Mol Cell Biol 1994; 14:906-13. [PMID: 8289830 PMCID: PMC358445 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.906-913.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We recently identified Vav, the product of the vav proto-oncogene, as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Ras. Vav is enzymatically activated by lymphocyte antigen receptor-coupled protein tyrosine kinases or independently by diglycerides. To further evaluate the physiological role of Vav, we assessed its GDP-GTP exchange activity against several Ras-related proteins in vitro and determined whether Vav activation in transfected NIH 3T3 fibroblasts correlates with the activity status of Ras and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. In vitro translated purified Vav activated by phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) or phosphorylation with recombinant p56lck displayed GEF activity against Ras but not against recombinant RacI, RacII, Ral, or RhoA proteins. Expression of vav or proto-vav in stably transfected NIH 3T3 cells led to a approximately 10-fold increase in basal or PMA-stimulated Ras exchange activity, respectively, in total-cell lysates and Vav immunoprecipitates. Elevated GEF activity was paralleled in each case by a significant increase in the proportion of active, GTP-bound Ras. PMA had a minimal effect on the low Ras. GTP level in untransfected control fibroblasts but increased it from 20 to 37% in proto-vav-transfected cells. vav-transfected cells displayed a constitutively elevated Ras. GTP level (35%), which was not increased further by PMA treatment. MAP kinases, known downstream intermediates in Ras-dependent signaling pathways, similarly exhibited increased basal or PMA-stimulated activity in Vav-expressing cells by comparison with normal NIH 3T3 cells. These results demonstrate a physiologic interaction between Vav and its target, Ras, leading to MAP kinase activation.
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- E Gulbins
- Division of Cell Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, California 92037
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Over the past year, major advances have been made in understanding the key steps involved in signaling pathways--from receptor tyrosine kinases to ras p21, and on to a cascade of serine/threonine kinases. A chain of specific protein-protein interactions is responsible for signal transduction. Components of the pathway are highly conserved between flies, nematodes and mammals, and constitute a primary signaling device in most cell types.
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- F McCormick
- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Richmond, California 94806
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Cherniack A, Klarlund J, Czech M. Phosphorylation of the Ras nucleotide exchange factor son of sevenless by mitogen-activated protein kinase. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37603-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Serum stimulates cells to increase their proportion of Ras protein in the active GTP-bound state. We have recently identified four types (I to IV) of apparently full-length cDNAs from a single mammalian gene, called CDC25Mm or GRF, which is homologous to the Ras-specific exchange factor CDC25 of S. cerevisiae. The largest cDNA (type IV) is brain specific, with the other three classes, although they have distinct 5' ends, essentially representing progressive N-terminal deletions of this cDNA. When placed in a retroviral expression vector, all four types of cDNAs induced morphologic transformation of NIH 3T3 cells and an increase in the basal level of GTP.Ras. Serum stimulation of these transformants lead to a further increase in GTP.Ras only in cells expressing the type IV cDNA. Each type of GRF protein was found in cytosolic and membrane fractions, and the protein in each fraction could stimulate guanine nucleotide release from GDP.Ras in vitro. When NIH 3T3 cells and cells expressing the type IV protein were transfected with two versions of a mutant ras gene, one encoding membrane-associated Ras protein and the other encoding a cytosolic Ras protein, the basal levels of GTP bound to both forms of the mutant Ras protein were significantly higher in the cells expressing the type IV protein. However, serum increased the level of GTP bound to the membrane-associated mutant Ras protein in NIH 3T3 cells and in cells expressing the type IV protein but not in cells expressing the cytosolic version of the Ras protein. We conclude that each type of CDC25Mm induces cell transformation via the ability of its C terminus to stimulate guanine nucleotide exchange on Ras, the presence of N-terminal sequences is associated with a serum-dependent change in GTP.Ras, and the serum-dependent increase in GTP.Ras by exogenous CDC25Mm or by endogenous exchange factors probably requires membrane association of both Ras and the exchange factor.
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Küntzel H, Rottjakob HW, Schwed A, Zwerschke W. START control in cycling Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 48:1-28. [PMID: 7938547 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60851-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- H Küntzel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen, Germany
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Hart M, Eva A, Zangrilli D, Aaronson S, Evans T, Cerione R, Zheng Y. Cellular transformation and guanine nucleotide exchange activity are catalyzed by a common domain on the dbl oncogene product. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)42313-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cantrell D, Pastor MI, Woodrow M. The regulation and function of p21ras in signal transduction by the T cell antigen receptor. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1994; 365:73-9. [PMID: 7887315 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0987-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- D Cantrell
- Lymphocyte Activation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London
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Burton J, De Camilli P. A novel mammalian guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) specific for rab proteins. ADVANCES IN SECOND MESSENGER AND PHOSPHOPROTEIN RESEARCH 1994; 29:109-19. [PMID: 7848705 DOI: 10.1016/s1040-7952(06)80010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- J Burton
- Department of Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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GTPases of the Ras superfamily regulate many aspects of cell growth, differentiation and action. Their functions depend on their ability to alternate between inactive and active forms, and on their cellular localization. Numerous proteins affecting the GTPase activity, nucleotide exchange rates and membrane localization of Ras superfamily members have now been identified. Many of these proteins are much larger and more complex than their targets, containing multiple domains capable of interacting with an intricate network of cellular enzymes and structures.
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- M S Boguski
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20894
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Orita S, Kaibuchi K, Kuroda S, Shimizu K, Nakanishi H, Takai Y. Comparison of kinetic properties between two mammalian ras p21 GDP/GTP exchange proteins, ras guanine nucleotide-releasing factor and smg GDP dissociation stimulation. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74425-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The human active breakpoint cluster region-related gene encodes a brain protein with homology to guanine nucleotide exchange proteins and GTPase-activating proteins. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74248-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adra CN, Ko J, Leonard D, Wirth LJ, Cerione RA, Lim B. Identification of a novel protein with GDP dissociation inhibitor activity for the ras-like proteins CDC42Hs and rac I. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1993; 8:253-61. [PMID: 7512369 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870080408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We have recently cloned the human cDNA for a gene, denoted D4, that encodes a protein 67% identical to the bovine rhoGDI protein, a GDP dissociation inhibitor (GDI) for the ras-related rho-subtype proteins. We now present data on the cloning and structural analysis of the murine D4 cDNA and confirm its preferential expression in hematopoietic tissues. The predicted murine and human D4 proteins are almost 90% identical, indicating that D4 and rhoGDI are different genes and that they are probably members of a related family of genes. Functional studies with the human D4 protein demonstrate that D4 has GDI activity against the CDC42Hs and rac I proteins, but binds to these proteins with a significantly weaker affinity than does the rho-subtype GDI. These data suggest that D4, which will in subsequent communications be denoted as GDI.D4, might be a GDI for other known or as yet unidentified ras-like GTP-binding proteins. Alternatively, D4 could have other biochemical functions. During murine embryogenesis, D4 transcripts are detected in yolk-sac cells, where the earliest hematopoietic precursors are found. When these precursors undergo proliferation and differentiation in vitro, a dramatic increase in D4 expression is seen. D4 probably has a significant function during the growth and development of hematopoietic precursors.
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- C N Adra
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215
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Cen H, Papageorge AG, Vass WC, Zhang KE, Lowy DR. Regulated and constitutive activity by CDC25Mm (GRF), a Ras-specific exchange factor. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:7718-24. [PMID: 8246988 PMCID: PMC364843 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.12.7718-7724.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Serum stimulates cells to increase their proportion of Ras protein in the active GTP-bound state. We have recently identified four types (I to IV) of apparently full-length cDNAs from a single mammalian gene, called CDC25Mm or GRF, which is homologous to the Ras-specific exchange factor CDC25 of S. cerevisiae. The largest cDNA (type IV) is brain specific, with the other three classes, although they have distinct 5' ends, essentially representing progressive N-terminal deletions of this cDNA. When placed in a retroviral expression vector, all four types of cDNAs induced morphologic transformation of NIH 3T3 cells and an increase in the basal level of GTP.Ras. Serum stimulation of these transformants lead to a further increase in GTP.Ras only in cells expressing the type IV cDNA. Each type of GRF protein was found in cytosolic and membrane fractions, and the protein in each fraction could stimulate guanine nucleotide release from GDP.Ras in vitro. When NIH 3T3 cells and cells expressing the type IV protein were transfected with two versions of a mutant ras gene, one encoding membrane-associated Ras protein and the other encoding a cytosolic Ras protein, the basal levels of GTP bound to both forms of the mutant Ras protein were significantly higher in the cells expressing the type IV protein. However, serum increased the level of GTP bound to the membrane-associated mutant Ras protein in NIH 3T3 cells and in cells expressing the type IV protein but not in cells expressing the cytosolic version of the Ras protein. We conclude that each type of CDC25Mm induces cell transformation via the ability of its C terminus to stimulate guanine nucleotide exchange on Ras, the presence of N-terminal sequences is associated with a serum-dependent change in GTP.Ras, and the serum-dependent increase in GTP.Ras by exogenous CDC25Mm or by endogenous exchange factors probably requires membrane association of both Ras and the exchange factor.
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- H Cen
- Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Chung HH, Benson DR, Cornish VW, Schultz PG. Probing the role of loop 2 in Ras function with unnatural amino acids. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:10145-9. [PMID: 8234268 PMCID: PMC47730 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.21.10145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The YDPT sequence motif (residues 32-35) in loop 2 (residues 32-40) of Ha-Ras p21 protein is conserved in the Ras protein family. X-ray crystal structures have revealed significant conformational differences in this region between the GTP- and GDP-bound forms. Moreover, mutations in this region block neoplastic transformation and prevent interaction with GTPase-activating protein (GAP), suggesting that this region may contribute to the effector function of Ras. To better understand the structural features required for GAP interaction and GTPase activity, the expanded repertoire of unnatural amino acid mutagenesis has been used to investigate the roles of the key residues, Pro-34, Thr-35, and Ile-36. A Pro-34-->methanoproline mutant, in which residue 34 is locked in the trans conformation, was found to retain high levels of intrinsic and GAP-activated GTPase activity, making unlikely conformational isomerization at this position. Deletion of a single methyl group from Ile (Ile-36-->norvaline) abolished GAP activation of Ras, revealing a remarkable specificity in this protein-protein interaction. Finally, replacement of Thr-35 with diastereomeric allo-threonine led to inactivation of Ras, demonstrating the importance of the orientation of this critical residue in Ras function.
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- H H Chung
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley 94720-9989
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Inhibition of SDC25 C-domain-induced guanine-nucleotide exchange by guanine ring binding domain mutants of v-H-ras. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74521-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bender A. Genetic evidence for the roles of the bud-site-selection genes BUD5 and BUD2 in control of the Rsr1p (Bud1p) GTPase in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:9926-9. [PMID: 8234337 PMCID: PMC47685 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.21.9926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Yeast cells normally display either an axial (for MATa or MAT alpha cells) or bipolar (for MATa/alpha cells) pattern of bud-site selection. The RSR1 gene, which was previously identified as a multicopy suppressor of Ts- mutations in the bud-emergence gene CDC24, encodes a GTPase of the Ras family that is required for both budding patterns. Mutations in Rsr1p that presumably block its ability to bind or hydrolyze GTP cause a randomized budding phenotype, suggesting that regulators of Rsr1p will prove to be required for proper bud positioning. The BUD5 gene product is required for proper bud-site selection and contains similarity to GDP-dissociation stimulators (GDS) for Ras-type proteins, suggesting that Bud5p may be a GDS for Rsr1p. Here I report that BUD5 is required for wild-type RSR1, but not for mutationally activated rsr1val12, to serve as a multicopy suppressor of cdc24, indicating that Bud5p functions as a GDS for Rsr1p in vivo. To identify the GAP (GTPase-activating protein) for Rsr1p, a genetic selection was designed based on the observation that mutationally activated rsr1val12, but not wild-type RSR1, can serve as a multicopy suppressor of yeast RAS2(Ts) mutants. Mutants were selected that allowed wild-type RSR1 to act as a multicopy suppressor of RAS2(Ts). Two such mutations proved to be in the BUD2 gene, suggesting that Bud2p functions as a GAP for Rsr1p in vivo.
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- A Bender
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405
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McKiernan C, Brondyk W, Macara I. The Rab3A GTPase interacts with multiple factors through the same effector domain. Mutational analysis of cross-linking of Rab3A to a putative target protein. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)80546-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Pendergast AM, Quilliam LA, Cripe LD, Bassing CH, Dai Z, Li N, Batzer A, Rabun KM, Der CJ, Schlessinger J, Gishizky ML. BCR-ABL-induced oncogenesis is mediated by direct interaction with the SH2 domain of the GRB-2 adaptor protein. Cell 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(05)80094-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Molecular cloning of the mouse grb2 gene: differential interaction of the Grb2 adaptor protein with epidermal growth factor and nerve growth factor receptors. Mol Cell Biol 1993. [PMID: 7689150 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.9.5500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We report the isolation and molecular characterization of the mouse grb2 gene. The product of this gene, the Grb2 protein, is highly related to the Caenorhabditis elegans sem-5 gene product and the human GRB2 protein and displays the same SH3-SH2-SH3 structural motifs. In situ hybridization studies revealed that the mouse grb2 gene is widely expressed throughout embryonic development (E9.5 to P0). However, grb2 transcripts are not uniformly distributed, and in certain tissues (e.g., thymus) they appear to be regulated during development. Recent genetic and biochemical evidence has implicated the Grb2 protein in the signaling pathways that link cell surface tyrosine kinase receptors with Ras. We have investigated the association of the Grb2 protein with epidermal growth factor (EGF) and nerve growth factor (NGF) receptors in PC12 pheochromocytoma cells. EGF treatment of PC12 cells results in the rapid association of Grb2 with the activated EGF receptors, an interaction mediated by the Grb2 SH2 domain. However, Grb2 does not bind to NGF-activated Trk receptors. Mitogenic signaling of NGF in NIH 3T3 cells ectopically expressing Trk receptors also takes place without detectable association between Grb2 and Trk. These results suggest that whereas EGF and NGF can activate the Ras signaling pathway in PC12 cells, only the EGF receptor is likely to do so through a direct interaction with Grb2. Finally, binding studies with glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins indicate that Grb2 binds two distinct subsets of proteins which are individually recognized by its SH2 and SH3 domains. These observations add further support to the concept that Grb2 is a modular adaptor protein.
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Koide H, Satoh T, Nakafuku M, Kaziro Y. GTP-dependent association of Raf-1 with Ha-Ras: identification of Raf as a target downstream of Ras in mammalian cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:8683-6. [PMID: 8378348 PMCID: PMC47422 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.18.8683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Ras is involved in signal transduction of various factors for growth, differentiation, and oncogenesis. Recent studies have revealed several proteins that function upstream and downstream of the Ras signaling pathway. However, its immediate downstream target molecular has not yet been identified. In an effort to identify the Ras-associated downstream proteins, we added recombinant Ha-Ras in a GTP-bound form to cell-free lysates and used several antibodies against Ras to immunoprecipitate Ras complexes. We found that a serine/threonine kinase, Raf-1, was coimmunoprecipitated with Ha-Ras by two anti-Ras antibodies (LA069 and Y13-238), whereas a neutralizing antibody against Ras (Y13-259) could not precipitate Raf-1. The coimmunoprecipitation was observed with a complex of Ras and guanosine 5'-[gamma- thio]triphosphate but not with a complex of Ras and guanosine 5'-[beta-thio]diphosphate. The GTP-dependent association of Ha-Ras with Raf-1 was observed with lysates of various types of cultured cells, including NIH 3T3, pheochromocytoma (PC) 12, Ba/F3, and Jurkat T cells, and also with crude extracts from rat brain. Furthermore, Raf-1 was precipitated with a transforming Ha-Ras mutant ([Val12]Ras) and wild-type Ha-Ras but not with an effector-region mutant ([Leu35,ARg37]Ras) that lacks transforming activity. These results indicate that Ras.GTP physically associates with Raf either directly or through other component(s) and strongly suggest that Raf functions in close downstream proximity to Ras in mammalian cells.
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- H Koide
- DNAX Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1104
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Li BQ, Subleski M, Shalloway D, Kung HF, Kamata T. Mitogenic activation of the Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factor in NIH 3T3 cells involves protein tyrosine phosphorylation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:8504-8. [PMID: 8104337 PMCID: PMC47385 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.18.8504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
We report biochemical evidence that epidermal growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor stimulate the Ras guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity in quiescent NIH 3T3 cells. Moreover, the exchange activity is constitutively enhanced in NIH 3T3 cells transformed by Src and ErbB2 oncogenic tyrosine protein kinases (TPKs), whereas transformation by oncogenic Mos and Raf does not alter the activity. GTPase-activating protein activity was not affected under these conditions. Overexpression of pp60c-Src mutants containing activated and suppressor TPK mutations resulted in stimulation and inhibition of the exchange factor activity, respectively. A TPK inhibitor, genistein, prevented the activation of the exchange factor in epidermal growth factor/platelet-derived growth factor-treated cells and src-transformed cells. Furthermore, the exchange factor activity bound to an anti-phosphotyrosine antibody immunoaffinity column. These findings suggest that the guanine nucleotide exchange factor, but not GTPase-activating protein, plays a major role in the Ras activation in cell proliferation initiated by growth factor receptor TPKs and malignant transformation by oncogenic TPKs and that tyrosine phosphorylation of either the exchange factor or a tightly bound protein(s) may mediate the activation of the exchange factor by these TPKs.
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- B Q Li
- Biological Carcinogenesis and Development Program, PRI/DynCorp, Frederick, MD 21702-1201
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Fath I, Apiou F, Schweighoffer F, Chevallier-Multon MC, Ciora T, Dutrillaux B, Tocque B. Identification of two human homologues to Drosophila SOS (son of sevenless) localized on two different chromosomes. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:4398. [PMID: 8415003 PMCID: PMC310084 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.18.4398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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- I Fath
- Rhône Poulenc Rorer SA, Centre de Vitry-Alforville, Vitry sur Seine, France
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